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Is it news that a government agency is poorly run and corrupt? Look, one-third of Medicare equipment expenses are fraudulent. The executive branch gives out no-
by Prrometheus 18y ago
Is it news that a government agency is poorly run and corrupt? Look, one-third of Medicare equipment expenses are fraudulent. The executive branch gives out no-bid contracts to firms that used to employ its top members. The Pentagon has lost track of hundreds of billions of dollars, and NASA its billions.
In general, our response to a corrupt bureaucracy is to make it bigger in hopes that it will still get the job done despite the waste and graft.
It's nice that they are conducting these kinds of internal reviews. However, the FBI did one such review and determined that it had improperly used its PATRIOT Act powers 1,000 times for every time it used it properly. I don't think much changed after the report.
- helveticaman 18y agoI'm surprised the FBI did this investigation in the first place. But I think it may not be news, but it is important to call it out.
- DTrejo 18y agovery important - accountability is the lifeblood of functioning society
- nazgulnarsil 18y agothis is the single most important thing for humanity to get right if we're going to make it. power and responsibility MUST be commensurate. the alternatives are quite literally insane.